Age of Conan

From FUNCOMs Q1 report..

"Age of Conan is
currently the most anticipated MMO in the World.
As is to be expected so close to the launch, the
game is on top of the anticipation list on dedicated
MMO sites."

"Funcom has received some pre-order data from its
co-publisher SCi Eidos, but it does not have a
complete aggregated global overview of the number
of pre-orders for the game. Different retail chains in
various markets have different processes with
respect to collecting and reporting pre-order
numbers. The Company interprets the data it has
received as positive and is part of the data
foundation for the scaling of the server park. The
pre-order numbers in some retail chains track as
among the highest for any MMO launche"

"The Company interprets the data it has received as positive and is part of the data foundation for the scaling of the server park. The pre-order numbers in some retail chains track as among the highest for any MMO launched"

p036.d1.funcom.com/funcom/frontend/files/CONTENT/Funcom_Q108_Report.pdf

In other words, we won't even give a rough guestimate, we'll just say we sold a lot, lol.

"Over 1 million people have submitted beta
applications to Age of Conan. The company does
not have exact aggregated numbers for all beta
applications as"

preorders don't mean much, we'll see in 6 months how many people decide to stick around. As for being the most anticipated MMO, being the only western MMO to be coming  soon, it damn well better be.

I would not be surprised if Funcom does not report its subscriber numbers

- ala Turbine and SOE

The way i've seen it so far, and heard from gamestop here where I live. There has been a pretty big influx of preorders in the last 5-8 days. Now, I'm sure there have been a bit of cancelled ones also. I'm pretty positive though that the first month of age of conan is going to be pretty high in numbers. We'll just have to see how well people adapt and take to the new style and combat system.

preorders mean nothing, I'm sure lots of people preordered Vanguard but you can't say that was a great game. Lets see the subscriber base in about 6 months to a year to see how popular it is.

I dis-agree to a certain extent that pre-order's mean nothing,every pre-order is a potiental sub,this game like any other wont be for everyone but the more people that do try it there is a chance of more subs.

The problem with AoC is it faces 2 barriers,1.ppl dont like the game,2.there pc doesnt like the game,so they will lose a few subs to both these points.

I agree we will have to see where the game lie's in say 6 months but anyone that thought this game was going to be some sort of WoW killer etc has alway's had there head in the clouds,the age requirement,the need to have a decnt rig and the newer combat system will displease some and keep the subs down anyway,to the one's like me that pass the 3 points I made will be in for alot of fun!

Originally posted by daylight01

I dis-agree to a certain extent that pre-order's mean nothing,every pre-order is a potiental sub,this game like any other wont be for everyone but the more people that do try it there is a chance of more subs.

The problem with AoC is it faces 2 barriers,1.ppl dont like the game,2.there pc doesnt like the game,so they will lose a few subs to both these points.

I agree we will have to see where the game lie's in say 6 months but anyone that thought this game was going to be some sort of WoW killer etc has alway's had there head in the clouds,the age requirement,the need to have a decnt rig and the newer combat system will displease some and keep the subs down anyway,to the one's like me that pass the 3 points I made will be in for alot of fun!

I agree, except about the age requirement.

Sadly funcom has already stated they will not enforce the age rule, and that anyone who is able to purchase the game will be allowed to play. That means anyone who has access to an adult will have no issues buying and  playing Age of Conan, which is kind of sad, but there really is nothing you can do about it.

Originally posted by Nadia

I would not be surprised if Funcom does not report its subscriber numbers

- ala Turbine and SOE

Funcom is a publicly traded company ala Blizzard, NCSoft, and as such is required to provide data on numbers.

Turbine is privately owned i.e: We could care less what everyone thinks about us..

This is the reason some press releases read like sales reports to stock holders...